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Suspension feeding in Copepoda (Crustacea) – a numerical model of setae acting in concert
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 603–615, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.50
- cuticle’s mechanical properties revealed that the setae on maxillae 1 (long setae) and 2 (short setae) possess very soft bases full of the elastic protein resilin [55][56][57]. Additionally, the tips of the short setae on maxilla 2 exhibited a blue autofluorescence signal, which strongly indicated that
- -resolution CLSM imaging or atomic force microscopy. As it was visualized by CLSM [55][56][57], the basal parts of some short and long setae appear to be relatively soft and seem to contain resilin or other proteins. This should influence the mobility of the rotating setae. To account for this in the
- female copepod crustacean Centropages hamatus in ventral view. The black arrows highlight the outer long setae with resilin occurring at their bases. The white arrows indicate the setae with resilin occurring at their tips. The red circle highlights maxilla 1 and the blue one maxilla 2. Scale bar on the
The effect of flexible joint-like elements on the adhesive performance of nature-inspired bent mushroom-like fibers
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2893–2905, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.268
- , rubber-like protein resilin. Light blue regions (hair shaft and discoidal tip structure) mainly consist of stiffer chitinous material. Adapted from [32]. b) Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of synthetic, polymeric, bent fibers inspired by the adhesive hairs of the beetle, showing joints between
Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1050–1074, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.98
- and allows for bearing forces on them during flight [216][217]. Resilin enhances the wing’s flexibility and is a unique component that is found in between the junctions of the vein and the wing [217][218][219]. The routine and longer colonization flights were supported by the vein system along with
Effect of microtrichia on the interlocking mechanism in the Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 812–823, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.75
- for flight [14]. In addition, during repeated hindwing folding, the resilin in wing folds has an important role in preventing material damage to hindwings [10]. A force schematic (Figure 7g) of the folding process was established and can be used to explain the interaction forces between microtrichia
Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 403–407, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.42
- seed surface. They may additionally protect the mucilage against the mechanical and chemical impact of the animal digestion systems [13]. Animal systems Resilin is a rubber-like protein derived from arthropod exoskeletons. It is composed of a stable network of randomly orientated peptide chains that
- are covalently cross-linked by dityrosine and trityrosine. Due to this molecular structure, resilin bears a high flexibility and resilience. The review by Michels et al. summarizes the presence of resilin and its functional significance in membrane and joint systems, jumping and catapulting systems
- siliceous teeth consist of composite materials with silica-based cap-like structures situated on chitin-bearing cuticle sockets that are connected through flexible resilient areas containing resilin protein. This composite architecture contributes to the performance of the siliceous teeth in damaging
Structural and tribometric characterization of biomimetically inspired synthetic "insect adhesives"
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 45–63, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.6
- , adhesive systems employed in prey-capture, such as the sticky labial pads (paraglossae) of Stenus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), seem largely to depend on such energy-dissipating effects of both the viscous adhesive and the highly elastic (resilin-containing) pad material in order to attain
Influence of ambient humidity on the attachment ability of ladybird beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1322–1329, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.123
- increases within setae while being pulled off the substrate, leading to higher resistance of the adhesive contact [12][45]. For C. septempunctata it was recently shown that the setal tips contain high amounts of the soft rubber-like protein resilin [46], which is a hygroscopic protein capable of binding
Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115
- Jan Michels Esther Appel Stanislav N. Gorb Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Institute of Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, D-24118 Kiel, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.7.115 Abstract Resilin is an elastomeric protein typically occurring in
- molecular prerequisites, resilin features exceptional rubber-like properties including a relatively low stiffness, a rather pronounced long-range deformability and a nearly perfect elastic recovery. Within the exoskeleton structures, resilin commonly forms composites together with other proteins and/or
- chitin fibres. In the last decades, numerous exoskeleton structures with large proportions of resilin and various resilin functions have been described. Today, resilin is known to be responsible for the generation of deformability and flexibility in membrane and joint systems, the storage of elastic
The hydraulic mechanism in the hind wing veins of Cybister japonicus Sharp (order: Coleoptera)
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 904–913, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.82
- ]. Folding requires the synergistic action of abdominal and thoracic muscle forces [15][16]; resilin in some mobile joints, together with data on wing unfolding and flight kinematics that may result in elastic energy storage in the wing [17]; or leveraging the rigid wing membrane involved in the folding
Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods – feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 674–685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.68
- silica. Recent studies revealed that the siliceous teeth are complex microscale composites with silica-containing cap-like structures located on chitinous exoskeleton sockets that are connected with rubber-like bearings formed by structures with high proportions of the soft and elastic protein resilin
- damage, and it is conceivable that their development has favoured the copepods’ dominance of the marine zooplankton observed today. Keywords: crystalline silica; diatom frustule; mandibular gnathobase; marine planktonic copepod; resilin; Review Significance of copepods in marine pelagic food webs
- proportions of the elastic protein resilin were discovered. The results show that the architecture and the composition of the composite structures in the gnathobase teeth are much more complex than previously assumed. In C. hamatus, the siliceous teeth feature a cap-like structure that contains high resilin
Fibrillar adhesion with no clusterisation: Functional significance of material gradient along adhesive setae of insects
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 837–845, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.95
- from 1.2 MPa at the tip [12] to 6.8 GPa at the base. At the setal tip, we revealed the rubber-like protein resilin in rather high concentrations [13][14], whereas at the base of the seta the sclerotised cuticle is dominating. Between tip and the base, there is a gradient of material composition
- protein resilin in rather high concentrations [12][15]. Both central and proximal parts of the setae were dominated by green, yellow and red autofluorescences due to the presence of other presumably sclerotised proteins and very likely chitin (Figure 1). Between the resilin-dominated distal part and more
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